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Why did I not listen to my gut and take the umbrella????
No that was not me today as it already had started to rain before I left the house. But it is me some days! Ugh don’t you hate it when you have this nagging feeling to do or not do something, you ignore the feeling and then realize uh I should have listened??? Or your…
Read MoreGod Dwells within Me as Me
The title of this post is a line from Julia Robert’s character in Eat, Pray, Love. So yes, I am a chick who is obsessed with chick flicks. And I am a chick who does yoga who likes chick flicks so of course I would like this one, right? Well my interest in this book…
Read MoreThe Ties that Bind Us
My career path up to this point has been in the area of domestic violence, corrections, trauma and addictions. Um, ya all that in 14 years post grad and four years prior to that. To say I have seen a lot and have had a heavy career is an understatement. I always joked that I…
Read MoreYour Eyes Go Where Your Car Goes
The title of this post is a line from a beloved book I read over the past year “The Art of Racing in the Rain.” It’s a book written from a dog’s point of view living with his owner. It has a spiritual subtext and if you love dogs it’s a must. But back to…
Read MoreHappy Independance Day???? I say, let’s create a Happy Interdependence Day.
So it’s the Fourth of July. The day in which we celebrate America’s Independence and the creation of our country. I am sitting here, having my morning tea looking all the Happy Fourth! postings on Facebook thinking, this is where it all began. This is where all the pressure began, the misunderstanding, the misinterpretation of…
Read MoreLoving kindness for me? What a novel concept
I like many people struggle to embrace the idea that kindness must be first practiced towards oneself before it can be authentically shared towards others. Yesterday an insight hit me upside the head….I have been the boss I would hate. Being self employed means yes you get to be your own boss but what if sometimes…
Read MoreIreland….where the love affair with tea began
Ireland is where my love of tea began. I was never much of a tea drinker until Ireland. I lived in Cork when I was 23 and attended UCC, the university in the city centre. I was young and excited to be away from home for the first time. I attended college in Boston and…
Read MoreThe Happiness Project
And so it begins…my new chapter, my real life as Colin Hay puts it in his song. But no longer waiting. And of course tea wuld be a part of it right? I mean I love tea, LOVE tea, black tea, herbal tea sometimes green (although that is just because I know it’s healthy not because…
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